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Conditions of employment - US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
- Employee will report to FAA Duty location
Qualifications
All applicants must meet the following requirements:
1. Not more than 2 separate incidents involving Federal Aviation Regulations violations in the last 5 years.
2. Have a valid state driver's license.
3. Be fluent in the English language.
4. Have no chemical dependencies or drug abuse that could interfere with job performance; and
5. Be a high school graduate or equivalent.
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Aviation Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, and must meet all of the following requirements:
1. Have good distant vision in each eye and be able to read printed materials the size of typewritten characters (glasses and contact lenses permitted) without strain.
2. Have the ability to hear the conversational voice (hearing aid permitted).
3. Not have any physical condition that would cause them to be a hazard to themselves or others or that would interfere with their ability to fly as passengers in a variety of aircraft.
Applicants for Aviation Safety Inspector (Manufacturing) positions must meet one of the following requirements.
1. Experience in the area of quality systems, methods, and techniques in the manufacture of products and/or articles that demonstrates the ability to determine whether aircraft and related products meet the approved design criteria, or the design criteria on which approval is being sought and is in condition for safe operations; or
2. Experience involving either the actual issuance of airworthiness certificates or having responsibility for managing programs leading to the issuance of original airworthiness certificates or original export airworthiness approvals for products and/or articles; or
3. Experience involving a combination of paragraph A and paragraph B above.
Acceptable specialized experience for paragraph A includes actual experience in a majority of the following areas:
1. First article, in process and final assembly inspection.
2. Quality assurance provisions of special processes (e.g. heat treating, brazing, welding, carburizing, plating, CAD-CAM, robotics, software quality control, etc.,)
3. Destructive and non-destructive inspection.
4. Manufacturing processes.
5. Airworthiness assurance.
6. Developing and implementing quality systems and procedures.
7. Testing procedures; and
8. Use of improved design data.
The experience in paragraph A or B is typically acquired in such positions as:
1. Quality engineer.
2. Quality systems supervisor/manager.
3. Quality systems auditor.
4. Service representative with technical quality experience.
5. FAA designee such as a designated manufacturing inspection representative (DMIR); or
6. Designated airworthiness representative (DAR) authorized to perform manufacturing inspection functions on behalf of the FAA.
Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the FV J level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I, FG/GS-13 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
At least one year of specialized experience, at the next lower level, includes:
- Experience in the area of quality systems, methods, and techniques in the manufacture of products and/or articles that demonstrate the ability to determine whether aircraft and related products meet the approved design criteria or the design criteria on which approval is being sought and is in condition for safe operation (e.g., First article, in-process and final assembly inspection; Quality assurance provisions of special processes (e.g., heat treating, brazing, welding, carburizing, plating, CAD-CAM, robotics, software quality control, etc.)), destructive and non-destructive inspection; manufacturing processes, developing and implementing quality systems and procedures; Testing procedures; Use of approved design data. Experience involving either the actual issuance of airworthiness certificates or having responsibility for managing programs leading to the issuance of original airworthiness certificates or original export airworthiness approvals for products and/or articles. Experience in the type certification process, issuance of production approval, oversight of production approval holders, compliance and enforcement process (including legal action), the appointment of designee and designee oversight, the appointment of organization designation authorization (ODA) and ODA oversight, the undue burden determination process; and with the ability to provide guidance in these processes. Experience in conducting Hotline/Whistleblower/SUP investigations and writing investigation reports. Ability to provide guidance and assistance to investigating office with Hotline/Whistleblower/SUP investigations and writing the investigation report. Ability to plan and balance workload related to monitoring and processing Hotline and Whistleblower cases. Ability to facilitate the investigation report review process through the Branch and Division and help resolve various issues that may arise in the review process.
Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSAs): As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability.
Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Education
Education not applicable.
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Additional information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
This position is located in AIR-850, however, this vacancy announcement may be used to fill future vacancies in any of the other AIR Division Offices. Only the following duty location is available.
- Anchorage, AK – 32.36%
- Scottsdale, AZ – 22.45%
- Lakewood, CA – 36.47%
- Enfield, CT – 32.58%
- Denver, CO – 30.52%
- Washington, DC – 33.94%
- Orlando, FL – 17.06%
- Hapeville, GA - 23.79%
- Des Plaines, IL – 30.86%
- Wichita, KS – 17.06%
- Burlington, MA – 32.58%
- Belleville, MI – 29.12%
- Minneapolis, MN – 27.62%
- Kansas City, MO - 18.97%
- Greensboro, NC – 17.06%
- Saddle Brook, NJ – 37.95%
- Farmingdale, NY – 37.95%
- East Farmingdale, NY – 37.95%
- Jamaica, NY – 37.95%
- Westbury, NY – 37.95%
- North Olmsted, OH – 22.23%
- Vandalia, OH –21.93%
- Bethany, OK – 17.06%
- Oklahoma City, OK – 17.06%
- New Cumberland, PA –19.43%
- Fairview Township, PA –33.94%
- North Charleston, SC – 17.06%
- Fort Worth, TX – 27.26%
- San Antonio, TX – 18.78%
- Des Moines, WA –31.57%
Security Requirement: Moderate Risk (5). This position requires completion and favorable adjudication of a background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Subject to a 5-year period reinvestigation.
Interview Statement: Some, all, or none of the applicants may be interviewed.
Incomplete Applications: Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.
This is not a bargaining unit position.
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IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
Required Documents Help
Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application (e.g. SF-50 &/or veterans' documentation) you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS.
Applicants are reminded that current Form SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) is required and NOT Form SF-52 (Request for Personnel Action).
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.